Hosea Saffold

06/19/1931 - 08/14/2019

Hosea Saffold Sr. June 19,1931 - Aug. 14,2019 Hosea Saffold, Sr. was born to Green and Gertrude (Adams) Saffold, Sr. on June 19, 1931 in Mississippi. He departed this life on August 14, 2019, at the age of 88 after a long illness. In 1950, his family settled in Stockton, CA. He was married to Mary (Scoggins) Saffold for 34 years until her untimely passing July 26, 1994. To this union five children were born: Kimberly, Hosea Jr., Elzira, Priscilla, and Benjamin. Mr. Saffold worked as a butcher for Alpine Meat Packing Company for 34 years, and as a custodial engineer for Stockton Unified School District. He served faithfully in the Church of God in Christ denomination for over 60 year and was a true "Bible Scholar". He also enjoyed tennis, boxing, bowling, cycling, ping pong, checkers, and other sports. In 1997, Mr. Saffold married Gloria Jean Meeks of Sacramento, CA. They were married for nearly 18 years until her passing on April 29, 2015. Mr. Saffold leaves to mourn his children: Kimberly, Hosea Jr. (Stephanie), Elzira, Priscilla, Benjamin, Reuben (Anna), Karen (Medro), Dennis, and Carlene; and 19 grandchildren; his brothers: Noah (Rosemary) Saffold, Sr.; and ST (Jackie) Saffold; his sisters: Gladys Crittendon; Catherine (Art) Taylor-Huffman; Marie Lee; and Priscilla (Cornell) Harvell. He also leaves three generations of nephews and nieces; relatives and friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95204.

VISITATION
A visitation will be held on Friday, August 23rd, 2019 at 9:00a.m. at the Quail Lakes Baptist Church, located at 1904 Quail Lakes Drive, Stockton CA, 95207.

SERVICE
There will be a service to follow on Friday, August 23rd, 2019 at 11a.m. at the Quail Lakes Baptist Church, located at 1904 Quail Lakes Drive, Stockton CA, 95207. The service will then conclude at a graveside in Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

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Guillermo Palileo

06/25/1955 - 08/12/2019

VISITATION
A visitation will be held on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 from 4:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. with a rosary starting at 6:00p.m. at the Evergreen Chapel in Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

SERVICE
A service will be held the following day on Friday, August 23rd, 2019at 10:30a.m. at the Church of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located at 6715 Leesburg Place, Stockton CA, 95207. The service will then conclude at a graveside in Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Palileo family.

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Temaleti Kupu

August 31, 1940 - August 9, 2019

VISITATION
A visitation will be held on Thursday August 22, 2019 from 4:00pm - 10:00pm at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE
A service will be held the following day on Friday, August 23, 2019 from 8:00am. The service will then conclude at a Witness Cremation at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Road, Lodi CA, 95240.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Kupu family.

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Maria Hess

February 23, 1927 - August 8, 2019

VISITATION
There will be a visitation held on Saturday, August 17th, 2019 from 8:00a.m. to 10:00a.m. at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, located at 831 Industrial Way, Lodi CA, 95240.

Service
There will be a graveside service to follow on Saturday, August 17th, 2019 at 11:00a.m. at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Hess family.

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Frank Gomez, Jr.

February 22, 1979 - August 8, 2019

VISITATION

A visitation will be held on Sunday August 18, 2019 from 1:00pm - 8:00pm with the rosary at 6:00 pm at Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

SERVICE

The funeral service will follow the next day, Monday, August 19, 2019 at 10:30am also at the Vineyard Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, located at 14165 N. Beckman Rd, Lodi, CA 95240.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Gomez family.

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Gloria Bridgers

March 29, 1938 - August 8, 2019

Gloria was born in Oroville CA on March 29, 1938, she passed on August 8th, 2019 at 81 years. She went home surrounded by her loving family.

Gloria grew up in Oroville and attended Oroville public schools. She was involved in Scouting from Brownies through Senior Girl Scouts, Honor Society, theatre, writing, insatiable appetite for reading, painting and decorating. She worked at the local dry cleaners, “The Modern Dry Cleaner”. At the cleaners she met and married Frank and they had had 4 children. As the children entered school she became involved in the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) started as Secretary then up to President. She returned to scouting again as both Junior Girl Scout Leader and as Cub Scout Leader, it was a big part of family life. As with many things life gets in the way and a divorce happened. She took that pain and put it into her paintings and she also began working at a variety of different carpet and design stores. So taking that knowledge and her talents she opened “Interiors By Gloria”. She won many design awards through out the bay area for her interior designs. Gloria joined Parents Without Partners (PWP) where she met her best friend JoAnne. The two of them made the Livermore area their playground and there were so many parties. PWP is where Gloria met Tommy and they married and were married for over 30 years. They truly loved being grandparents.

Gloria loved to paint beautiful acrylic paintings; mountain ranges, seascapes, stills and cabins in the woods. She entered many of them into the San Joaquin County Fair and won awards for each. Her creations will continue to give us joy. After her retirement, she decided to share her love of the arts. She joined the Stockton Art League and began teaching acrylic painting to senior students at Delta College and at Oak Park Senior Center. She felt like her students were more like an extended family.

Gloria Bridgers was/is a beautiful soul that loved life, treasured her family and embraced every moment with them. She had a such great sense of humor and a vivacious personality and made friends everywhere she went. She especially loved her role as Nana, with so many grands and great grandkids to wrap her arms around. She is leaving a giant void in the lives of families and friends but we do take comfort in knowing she is at peace and finally free of pain and reunited with her loved ones that went before her.

Rest in Peace Mom

Those family members that were called home before her; parents C.L. and Delores Jones; brother Craig Jones; sister Patricia Jones Steele, Nephews Gary & Jerry Steele; Husband Tommy Bridgers who passed only 6 months ago!

She is survived by:

Gloria aka Spooky’s (living) brother and sister-in-law; Gary & Glinda Jones. Aunt Gloria to Scott Jones & Kelly (Jones) York as well as their children.

Gloria is also survived by her first husband; Frank Kenitzer As well as her Best Friend of 45 years; JoAnne McCune

 Mom/Nana will as always continue to watch over her loved ones!!:

Those that called her Mom, her children; Guys Kenitzer, Terri (Kenitzer) McGraw w/Paul Johnson, Kim (Kenitzer) Olson w/Roger Olson, Steve Kenitzer w/Sylvia Kenitzer.

For 30+ years Step-Mom to Tommy’s children; Tony Glenn Bridgers, DeeAnn (Bridgers) Bourgorn.

Those that called her Nana, her 14 grandchildren; Crystal Breedlove, Melissa Kenitzer, Brandy Santos, Holly Dillon, Tony Olson, Stephanie Olson, Jacob Kenitzer, Collin Kenitzer, Jessica Kenitzer, Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Bridgers, Larry Heberger, Rondee Duboard, Delrae Heberger.

Nana was blessed to get to know many of her 17 great-grandchildren; Ryan, Sapphire, Danyka, Brandyn, Ilyse, Zoey, Carli, Chris, Amber, Devlin, James, Jayden, Isabella, David, Madison, Ellie, Graycen. She also had a new great great grandchild Joseph.

SERVICE

A graveside service for Gloria will be held on Friday, August 30th, 2019 at 10:30am at Cherokee Memorial Park, located off of Highway 99 at Harney Lane, Lodi CA, 95240.

Cherokee Memorial is honored to serve the Bridgers family.

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Craig Sands

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July 6th, 1950 - August 6th, 2019

Craig Victor Sands, born July 6th, 1950 in Yreka, CA to Victor and Patricia Sands. He grew up in Westwood, CA, where he helped his family build their family home. He was a Boy Scout and real-life cowboy, breaking and training his own horses. Craig attended Westwood High School and graduated in 1968 with a Football scholarship to University of Pacific. He graduated with Bachelor’s degrees in both Business and Philosophy. Craig was a Certified Public Accountant for 40+ years in Stockton, and was well known for his integrity and also for his kindness. He was an active member, and Past President, of the Northern Stockton Rotary Club. He spent over 20 years as a member and President of the American Heart Association. He was a Coach for his son’s soccer teams and active with the Quail Lakes Swim Team.  Craig is survived by his wife, Linda Sands and ex-wife, Norah Bennington, his children; Scott Sands, Nathan Sands, David Sands, Melissa Cordova, Warren Miller, David Miller, Sister Francine Lane, Brother Timothy Sands, and his extended family including 11 grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws, as well as many friends and business associates. Craig was surrounded by many loving people in his life and will be missed. He passed peacefully in his home in Stockton, CA, surrounded by his family, on August 6th, 2019. A celebration of life will be held at the Quail Lakes Clubhouse (3808 Quail Lakes Dr., Stockton, California 95207) on Sunday, September 1st from 1 pm to 4 pm.

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